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WHITTINGHAM DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3900693 · 1 · WEST ELK CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:09 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (2deb1d7) — every figure regenerates from this named code version and data image.

Where it sits

Location as DWR records it. Faint dots are the neighbouring water; click any to open it.

Which of its rights are out of priority?

Not computable for this structure: this structure is not on the modelled flow network, so no reference gage can honestly stand in for it.

Where it sits in line

Priority 1887-04-25 — 97th most senior of the 1758 structures with decreed rights in this water districtDWR's administrative subdivision of a river basin; the unit calls are usually stated in..

Under prior appropriationColorado's rule for sharing water: first in time, first in right. Age decides, not proximity or need., everything ahead of it in this line is satisfied in full before it receives any water. Immediately ahead: LOWER CACTUS VALLEY DITCH (1887-03-23). Immediately behind: RAYNARD DITCH (1887-04-25).

Decreed rights (3)

Admin noDWR's numeric encoding of a water right's seniority. Smaller is more senior; the integer part counts days from 1849-12-31 to the date that ranks the right. AppropriatedWhen water was first put to beneficial use. It sets seniority unless a prior adjudication date is later. AdjudicatedWhen the water court confirmed the right. A use decreed in 1975 was not a decreed use in 1955, however old the appropriation is. AbsoluteA right actually put to use, as opposed to conditional -- a placeholder for a use not yet made. ConditionalA right reserving a place in line for a use not yet made; it must be diligently pursued or it lapses. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
13629.01887-04-251889-05-11 0.20.0 CIRR 106
14001.01888-05-011889-05-11 0.30.0 CIRR 137
32959.259951921-03-041943-01-11 2.60.0 CIRR 220T

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 217 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 281 AF — 130% of that, and 14th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.

YearDiverted (AFA volume: one acre covered a foot deep, about 326,000 gallons -- roughly a suburban household's outdoor use for a year.)Compared with its own recordDays recordedPeak (cfs)
2010 98 3rd lowest of 15 · 45% of median 115 0.5
2011 217 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 171 1.5
2012 285 15th lowest of 15 · 131% of median 163 2.2
2013 245 11th lowest of 15 · 113% of median 169 1.2
2014 258 12th lowest of 15 · 119% of median 165 1.3
2015 71 1st lowest of 15 · 33% of median 63 1.0
2016 190 6th lowest of 15 · 88% of median 131 1.0
2017 268 13th lowest of 15 · 124% of median 150 1.7
2018 157 4th lowest of 15 · 72% of median 189 0.5
2019 237 10th lowest of 15 · 109% of median 186 0.9
2020 196 7th lowest of 15 · 90% of median 189 0.9
2021 164 5th lowest of 15 · 76% of median 211 0.5
2022 87 2nd lowest of 15 · 40% of median 126 0.4
2023 231 9th lowest of 15 · 106% of median 166 1.2
2024 281 14th lowest of 15 · 130% of median 161 0.9

Advisory reading aid on public data — not an administrative or legal conclusion, not a title opinion, and not a substitute for DWR administration or an engineer's analysis. Methodology review status is disclosed at hydrohistorian's basin pages.